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H. H. TURNER.

GAMB COUNTER. 190.590,921. `.Pa.te11tedv Sept. 28,1897.

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HENRY ll. TURNER, OF ROCHESTER, NET YORK, ASSlGNOR OE ONE-HALE TO THOMASL. TURNER, OE SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,921, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

Application tiled April l0, 1897. Serial No. 631,657. (No model.)

To @ZZ La7/tom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY ll.. TURNER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGaine-Counters, of which the following'is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of xo game-counters in whichrotating disks with consecutive numbers are arranged within a caseprovided with apertures through which -the numbers can be seen as thedisks are turned. The invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a face view of the device. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal cross-seczo tion in line 2 2 of Figs. l and 3. Fig. 3 is aviewsimilar to Fig. l, with t-he outer cover removed to exhibit thedisks.

A indicates the ease, which is thin and flat, having closed edges B B,and is made of any z5 suitable material. In this case are mounted twodisks C D, one behind the other and overlapping, as shown, in order toconfine them in as small space as possible. Each of these disks has aseries of consecutive numbers 3o printed on the face, those of the frontdisk C running from l up to and those of the rear disk D continuing from3l up to (31, the last-named number indieatingthe highest point in thegaine of cribbage. A greater or less number ot numbers may be used asnecessity may require. Blank spaces g g are left between the first andlast num-V bers on each disk.

The outer cover of the case A has t-wo aplo ertures a a at deiinitedistance apart, which apertures register, respectively, with the twosets of numbers on the two disks and exhibit a single number at a time,the rest of the numbers being obscured by the cover. The 4 5 disk Chasalso a single aperture e, which registers with the aperture a of thecover when turned to proper position. The other disk D is imperforate.

The operation is as follows: In commencing to count the disk C is turnedin the direciion .indicated by the arrow, and its numbers comeconsecutively under the aperture a/ of the cover until the proper numberis reached to indicate the number of points made by the holder in thegame. lt so remains as a record until a second hand is played, when itis moved forward again, and so on until the numbers of that disk are eX-hausted. During such time the other disk D, which is inactive, has itsblank space g op- 6o posite the aperture a, which is thus screened. Assoon as the iirst disk O has been turned so as to exhaust its numbersits blank space g comes opposite and covers the aperture a of the coverand at the same moment its aperture e comes in coincidence with theaperture act the cover, and the space is open. through both the cover,and the lirst disk back to the rear disk, and both apertures registerdisk whereby the numbers on the rear disk 8o can be seen, but rather inthe arrangement of two disks, each independent of the other, wherebyeach can be turned forward and back without imparting motion to theother, one disk being marked with a series of numbers in consecutiveorder from l up and the other with another series of numberscommencing-with the ending on the first disk, one disk being used afterthe other has completed its operation, by which means the 9o number oflpoints in a game can be counted up on the first disk till its numbersare eX- hausted, and then, while the first disk rcmains dormant, thenumbering can be continued on the second disk. lt is of particular valuein those games, like pedro,7 in which a set-back7 can be subtracted andthe number taken out from a given number of points already won by aparty. In such ease the disk can be turned back to any back loo gearedtogether or where the im'licatingnu1nber seen through the apertures ismade up one figure from one disk and the other figure from the other, asin some game-Counters.

141,1?, and G are smailer disks at the bottom of the ease, with edgesprojecting, so that they can be easily rotated. The disks E F have eacha series of consecutive numbers from l upto any desired number, whichregister with apertures b and d of the case. The disk E is used simplyfor registering the number of games played. The disk F is used in theeard-gameknown as pedro77 and in similar games in which bids are made ora certain number of points given or conceded on a good hand. The amountoi' the bid is indieated by turning the disk forward or back to exhibitthe right number through the aperture. It so remains standing while thehand is played and serves asa record withou t taxin g the memory of theplayers. The disk G has the peeuliarity of being marked with therepresentative characters of the different suits in the pack ofcards-viz., diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs-and these characters areso disposed on the disk that they register with an aperture c of theease. This device is for the purpose of indicating trumps in playing.The disks, and the ease also, may be made of any thin and light materialsuited to the purpose. Celluloid is a goed material, as it is very thinand strong and presents a goed appearance. The f1 gu res and charactersmay be applied by lithographing, printing, or in any suitable way.

This invention is not necessarily limited to two disks C D forregistering points in the game. A greater number may be used, ifdesired.

Having described my invention, l do not claim simply disks withconsecutive numbers or apertures through the ease by which the numberscan be seen.

TVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a game-counter, the combination of a ease having two aperturestherein, and two overlapping revoluble disks C D located in the case,each having a series of consecutive numbers, the first disk from figureil up andthe second in continuation of the iirst, said series of numbersregistering with the apertures in the ease, each disk having, also, ablank space between the first and last number of the series, the innerdisk beingimperforate, and the outer one provided with an aperture thatregisters with one ot' the apertures of the ease and with the numbers onthe inner disk, the whole so arranged that the points of the game arefirst registered on the outer disk and then continued on the inner one,and during the movement of one disk the blank space between the terminalnumbers of the other disk closes the correspondin aperture of the case,as herein shown and described.

HENRY Il. TURNER.

Witnesses:

E. II. MARsELLUs, C. R. Osooon.

